Incident #1001316
Claresholm, Porcuipine Hills, Alberta
Dec 1984
Account
Luciene Lacerte and Larry McGillis were hunting in the Porcupine Hills when they separately came upon large bipedal tracks in the snow, about five miles apart on opposite sides of a hill. Lacerte measured tracks with rifle, 14" long, 4-foot stride, going uphill and over downed trees. Went directly over a stump 1.5 to 2 feet high with snow piled alongside. Could not duplicate stride. In knee-deep snow in open prints showed no drag marks. McGillis said tracks he saw went through deadfalls with ease, man would have to be 7 or 8 feet tall to match it. Went back next day with Mrs. McGillis and took pictures, but was new snow in tracks. a
When
- Observation Date
- DEC 01 1984
- Month
- Dec
- Year
- 1984
- Season
- winter
Where
- State / province
- Alberta
- County
- Porcuipine Hills
- Nearest Town
- Claresholm
- Direction from Town
- West
- Distance from Town
- 15
- Population of Town
- 35000
- Latitude
- 495---
- Longitude
- 1140---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- Super Human Action
- Cleared high objects in deep snow, long strides
- Related incident id
- 1000180
- Shot Hit
- No
- Track Photo Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- foothill
- Slope
- steep
- Snow Condition
- deep old
- Cover
- some trees
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
Source
- Source
- Lucien Lacerte call to John Green
- Source Type
- phone call
- Source Date
- DEC 1 1984
- Source reliability
- 8
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- JUN 1985
- Incident type
- 2
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- 14.0
- Stride in Inches Average
- 48
- Number of Tracks
- many
- Trail Followed Y/N
- No
- Track Condition
- poor
- Track Drag or Slide
- no drag or slide
- Footprint Photo Y/N
- Yes
- Feet in Line?
- spread apart
- Material Tracks Made in
- soft deep snow
- Remarks
- Tracks, perhaps the same, also seen five miles away the same day. Observer could not match stride or avoid making drag marks.
Witness
- Wildlife Familiarity
- considerable
- Interviewer
- John Green
- Interview date
- DEC 01 1984
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Track witnesses
- 3
- Other report by this witness
- 2